- CEO
- Mohamed Cisse
- Full Time Employees
- 14
- Sector
- Non-energy minerals
- Industry
- Precious metals
- Address
- 1100 – 1111 Melville Street Vancouver BC Canada V6E 3V6
- IPO Date
- Aug 24, 2015
- Business
- Avanti Gold Corp. is a Canadian gold exploration company focused on advancing high-grade gold projects in Africa. The company holds a 73.5% interest in the flagship Misisi Gold Project in the Fizi territory of South Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, which hosts the Akyanga deposit with a NI 43-101 compliant Inferred Mineral Resource of 41 million tonnes grading 2.37 grams per tonne gold containing 3.1 million ounces; the project spans three contiguous 30-year mining licenses covering 133 square kilometers along the prospective 55-kilometer-long Kibara Gold Belt through 2045, with over $30 million spent on exploration to date including 20,000 meters of drilling, multiple drill-ready targets, and open mineralization along strike and at depth. Avanti targets resource delineation, expansion, and development through geophysical surveys, trenching, geochemical analysis, and phased drilling programs at Misisi, serving institutional investors and shareholders interested in African gold assets. Founded in 2014 and headquartered at 1055 West Hastings Street, Suite 2380, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6E 2E9, the company changed its name from Valorem Resources Inc. in April 2023. Recent developments include the closing of an upsized C$25 million life private placement in October 2025 led by strategic investors including Chairman Sir Sam Jonah; transition to new management with Martin Pawlitschek as CEO effective September 30, 2025; rapid progress toward Phase 1 drilling at Misisi with finalized contracts for drilling and laboratory services, camp refurbishment, stakeholder engagements including meetings with the DRC Minister of Mines, and recruitment of in-country exploration, security, and community managers as of December 2025; and a grant of 12.4 million restricted share units to directors, officers, and consultants in September 2025.